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| Last Update: June 02, 2005 at 13:30:29 | IP Address: 84.178.110.13 |
| Amplifier: | T+A A 1520 |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | T+A P 1230 |
| Speakers: | Tidal Contriva (model 5/2005 w/ ceramic midrange drivers) |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | Jadis JD3 |
| Turntable/Phono Stage: | Well Tempered Reference w. Ref. arm, Clearaudio Victory H / Clearaudio Basic |
| Other Source(s): | Pioneer TX-D 1000 (tuner) |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Acoustic Zen Hologram 2, Cicable AC5 SR, Audioplan Super-X-Wire, (phono), Alan Maher custom made interconnect, Audiotruth Emerald x3 |
| Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Audioplan FineFilter S, Audioplan PowerStar S, Audioplan PowerCord S, Finite Elemente Spider rack, |
| Tweaks: | Sicomin Secrets, diy multi-layer mdf base, Finite Elemente ceraballs |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 8,5m x 5m x 2.4m |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | partially under the roof, sloped walls |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | jazz (cool, bop, fusion, acid, trip-hop), r&b, 60s-70s rock, art-rock, nu-wave, Zappa, Fripp, Sylvian,... |
| System Goals/Comments: | I found the 'Graal' in respect of speakers; probable next updates: CD player and phono stage |
| System Strengths: | the Tidals do music as opposed to sound (of whatever quality); as a source the Well is unrivaled |
| System Weaknesses: | audible mechanical noise from CD player (but apart from that it sounds so wonderfully 'analog') |
| Video/HT System: Integrated | |
| TV/Projector: | Loewe Calida 5672Z |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | T+A DD 1510 R (processor w. 3ch amp; stereo signal stays completely separate) |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | B&W HTM2 (center), JBL Ti 250 classic (rears; a bit awkward, I admit, but it just so happened, and it's really only used for dvd video anyway) |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Arcam dv88 (digital connect: Fadel Art DigiT) |
| Other HT Gear: | Panasonic DMR HS2 (dvd/hd recorder), Elro VL300 (copy enhancer) |
| Comments on HT System: | RGB video signal through QED Sqart (scart cable), LS cable B&W CDC 8T (center), Kimber PR4 (rears) |
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| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | wine (gastronomy in general) |
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